Last Monday, Edward Snowden spoke to a crowd of thousands at SXSW,
and it seriously felt like he was reading our minds.

"The NSA is setting fire to the future of the internet," Snowden
said, "and you guys are the firefighters." He went on to issue a
call to arms for the tech community, saying that "encryption works" as
proven by the fact that the U.S. government still has no idea what
documents he has provided to journalists (1).

We've been waiting for the right moment to tell you, and we can't
wait any longer. We have a plan to stamp out the NSA's fire once and
for all: on June 5th, 2014—the anniversary of the first Snowden
NSA story—we will Reset the Net, and take our privacy back.

This week we learned in a shocking NY Times story that the FISA
court had secretly approved widespread sharing of raw private data
across the government (2). It's a long article, and you should read
it, but here's the TL;DR: thanks to so-called "Fusion Centers" and
secret laws, the local cops in your town have at their fingertips
everything about you that the NSA has collected over the past 5 years.
Without a warrant.

It gets worse. Yesterday morning we learned that the NSA is using
automation to hack and gain control of ‘millions' of
computers (3).

Governments have abused the Internet and twisted into something it
was never intended to be. They've stolen our most private moments, and
with them our most basic freedoms to communicate and be ourselves.

Everyone has been waiting for some resounding action that meets the
problem of government spying head on. This is our moment to rally and
realize our power. We don't need anyone's permission, but we need
everyone's participation. If you're a developer, designer, or
cryptographer and want to help, please reply to this email and get in
touch.

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